buckeyeintn said:

It takes over 8300 donors @$10/month to generate $1 million. That is assuming no one skips a month or 3. A portion of that would be needed for maintenance (website, access to "inside information", marketing, etc.). Now you are looking at a minimum of 9000 donors and probably closer to 10,000 to generate $1 million annually. Phil Knight and Mark Cuban and their buddies consider that pocket change.

It is easier to find, cultivate, and retain 1 mega donor than several hundred thousand small donors. That is not to say you don't cultivate small donors, but the answer in the NIL climate is to find your mega donor who gives $5-$10 million, and have him challenge his buddies to pony up similar amounts. The peer pressure from the mega donor should generate what is needed. The key ingredient becomes the ego of the mega donor.

It is more complex than that in reality, but that is the short version.

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I wasn't proposing anything. I simply grabbed a number as a point of reference. Point is they don't seem to do a very good job of engaging the fanbase in any attempts to monetize it.

Maybe that is by design. Who knows? The most any sport monetizes their fanbase is merch and ticket sales really.

Hopefully none of his NIL money is connected to bowl game performance...or appearing in one.

CMic said:

I miss Ord’s rare steak pictures.

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OHSportsFan said:

I’ll go on record saying this will be a swing and miss for Lanning.

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Just sayin': Well first off, Ohio State was much better off with Howard and Sayin as the QB1 in 2024 and 2025.. In addition, Ohio State is very fortunate that he "flipped" as we might not have gotten Sayin had Raiola already been here for 2024. Needless to say Raiola wasn't ready to start at QB for Corn in 2024; however, his stas did significantly improve in 2025 though. The best thing that could happen for Raiola is for Moore to come back and sit behind him as QB2 for a season. He would still have 2 years of eligibility (2027 & 2028) to potentially be QB1 at Oregon. Apparently he really wants to be at Oregon and is willing to sit a year......

Dante Moore, Dylan Raiola in the same Oregon QB room? It's possible Ducks use Nebraska transfer as 2026 backup​

The Nebraska transfer QB committed to the Ducks ahead of Moore's pending NFL Draft decision​

Raiola's process​

Other teams have looked at Raiola this cycle, including Louisville, but there's been a single team Raiola's camp focused on -- Oregon.

That's the school the family had strong interest in, and they've made that known consistently to the Ducks brass. Thus, it should come as no surprise that once Oregon's season ended in the semifinals, Raiola ended up on campus the next day for a visit.

Oregon's recruited other quarterbacks this portal cycle, including now-Oklahoma State QB Drew Mestemaker. Yet Raiola appeared to be the first transfer quarterback that made it to campus this cycle.

The interesting wrinkle with Raiola is his camp communicated to Oregon, per sources, he'd be willing to sit behind Moore for a year if Moore were back in Eugene for the 2026 season.

Raiola is yet to redshirt. He could do so in 2026 and still play two more seasons in 2027 and 2028. Raiola and his camp view Oregon as his best chance to compete for championships and develop, which makes sense given the Ducks' last three QBs (Bo Nix, Dillon Gabriel, Moore) have leapt up draft boards upon transferring to Eugene.

It's a strategy Moore employed two years ago. He started as a five-star true freshman for UCLA in 2023, transferred to Oregon that offseason and sat behind Gabriel for a season. Now, he's being talked about as a potential second overall pick.

Raiola and his camp see a similar path as possible even though they'd prefer to just be Oregon's QB1 in 2026.

Buxton is in

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Bagmen

Gross

Good luck to Keon playing an easy schedule annually at ND. Just watch out for Northern Illinois... they are trixy hobbitses

BigWoof31 said:

For co-eds, it's like going from Outback the restaurant to Outback - the physical Australian wasteland.

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For football practice videographers, it's like going from Outback the restaurant to scuba diving with Steve Irwin.

billmac91 said:

I disagree but understand why people say that.

I don’t think we’re nearly athletic enough at the position personally. Pierce struggled a lot against Michigan and didn’t show a lot in coverage.

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Jaxbuck said:

They(OSU) need to do a better job of the marketing of this. People feel like their $10 doesn't matter.

Be clear on how much you need it, where we are at in the process and how it's being spent...just give clarity. You want the money, work for it. Engage the fanbase. Nobody donates anything into the abyss. I was only half kidding when I said they should make a crypto coin.

We could erase the federal deficit a few bucks at a time from each person in America too. What's the first thing you think of that? "They'll just waste it/my money doesn't matter" type of thing.

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It takes over 8300 donors @$10/month to generate $1 million. That is assuming no one skips a month or 3. A portion of that would be needed for maintenance (website, access to "inside information", marketing, etc.). Now you are looking at a minimum of 9000 donors and probably closer to 10,000 to generate $1 million annually. Phil Knight and Mark Cuban and their buddies consider that pocket change.

It is easier to find, cultivate, and retain 1 mega donor than several hundred thousand small donors. That is not to say you don't cultivate small donors, but the answer in the NIL climate is to find your mega donor who gives $5-$10 million, and have him challenge his buddies to pony up similar amounts. The peer pressure from the mega donor should generate what is needed. The key ingredient becomes the ego of the mega donor.

It is more complex than that in reality, but that is the short version.

brodybuck21 said:

Nice bullpen addition

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Yeah, so now we'll lose 3-1 instead of 4-1.

Reds fucking fever. Catch it.

Or not. I don't really care.

Bestbuck36 said:

This was one they needed to win. Now they have to pull a big upset somewhere

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If they can beat UCLA at home on Saturday i'd call it a wash.

There is ZERO room to lose to a team like Minnesota, Penn State or Maryland though. 3 of the next 6 are against those teams.